On the overpass leading into Yonkers is a large sign which states "GENERATION Y" short for generation Yonkers. After some research I found out that this was a plan to revitalize Yonkers. Mayor Mike Spano has approved for one billion dollars to be used fix up downtown Yonkers, focusing on the riverfront, in order to attract young business men and women. The idea in itself is wonderful. Not only are they fixing up dilapidated buildings, they are also bringing in new businesses that will stimulate the economy.
Did you know that New Hampshire was the first of the original 13 colonies to declare independence from Great Britain? Actually, New Hampshire has always been a unique state. In some cases it seems like the rest of the nation follows New Hampshire's example. It is very interesting to see how the founding, formation, life, and laws have shaped New Hampshire into what is has become over the years. New Hampshire was originally founded in 1623, only three years after the pilgrims landed in New World and began the Plymouth Plantation.
Wendy Warren, a historian who focuses on Colonial time, goes into depth about how the slave trade erupted in New England in her book New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America. She explains how African Americans were brought to America and how they were treated once they arrived. One recurring theme that circled around the Africans was economics. The slave trade market took off when companies wanted to invest in the Africans and the New World. Stock companies would be competitive towards who had the rights to certain slave groups as if it was a gigantic game of Monopoly.
New York the colony first became a state on July 26, 1788. The New York colony was founded by Peter Minuit in 1626 on Manhattan Island. Peter Minuit 's reason for finding New York the colony was for trades and to make money. New York the colony used to be called the “breadbasket colony” because they grew many crops, especially wheat.
The New England, middle, Chesapeake, and southern colonies were all colonies located in North America. For this reason many people thought that the colonies were all the same and should be viewed as a single society. This is not the case at all; they were as different as day and night and showed minimal signs of similarity. A society is people in general thought of as living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values.
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Lindsey Stange HIS 2366 Paper #1 During the Gilded Age to not have seen Coney Island, truly was like not having seen your own country. Coney Island embodied what America was at this time: greater social freedom, diversity in the population, and innovation in technology and business practices. Coney Island showed the best of what America was, though it gave no indication of the political corruption and civil unrest that was rampant at the time. Coney Island grew to great notoriety in the 1880s with resorts, hotels, and amusement parks, the most famous being: Steeplechase Park, Luna Park, and Sea Lion Park.
Peter Stuyvesant constructed a “wooden palisade” where present day Wall Street in NYC is now today, this helped mark the city limitations (History). On September 8, 1664, New Amsterdam was required to surrender, in result of the ongoing battle between the British colonies and the Dutch colonies. Then the fort was give new name “Fort James” and the city of New Amsterdam renamed “New York” (History). This is how the start of the new name started and where New York came from today, after the battle between the British colonies and Dutch colonies everything started getting renamed in result of a new ruler coming and cities and towns being found.
The New England After a struggling start of the southern colony. There was a beginning to a new colony further north. Which was known as the New England. The New England that was started in the 1630 which was composed of people that were name puritans. This people called puritans would prosper through their hard work, thrift, and the quality of their commitment to God and each other.
This group project on one of the 13 original colonies has taught me a lot on colonial Connecticut. I learned about the main engine that was running its economy, which consisted of infrastructure and manufacturing. This was because the climate in Connecticut was too cold and the soil was too rocky for agriculture. I also learned about religion in Connecticut. The main religious groups were puritans and unlike some states, the puritans did not believe in religious freedom.
The New Jersey Colony became a part of the middle colonies in 1664. It was founded for trade and profits by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. New Jersey was named after the British Island Jersey. Before the british Colonized it and before the Dutch had settled there, The first people to live in New Jersey were the Lenni Lanape Indians. They were also the first farmers in New Jersey.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in Johnson City which his family had helped settle. Johnson City was a religious town, it was hard-shell and had old testament religion.(Caro 91) Growing up, he felt the sting of rural poverty, working his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College, and learning compassion for the poverty and discrimination of others when he taught students of Mexican descent in Cotulla, Texas. This firsthand look at the effects of poverty and discrimination made a deep impression on Johnson and sparked in him a lifelong desire to find solutions to these problems. After teaching in Houston, Johnson entered politics; in 1930, he campaigned for Welly Hopkins in his run for Congress.
After the American Revolution, it became U.S. state Rhode Island. Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams. New Hampshire: Captain John Mason founded New Hampshire. The Province of is a first name given in 1629 to the territory between the merrimack and piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of North America. It was founded in 1691.
Anthony Mendoza Nagle English II CP September 14, 2015 Summer Assignment Over the summer, I choose to read Fast Food Nation. This book was really an eye opener to me towards fast food chains. The main idea of the book Fast Food Nation is to show the dark side of the fast food industry. The author supports this throughout the book by talking about the workers of the food industry, quality of meat served and advertisement aimed towards children.
Atlantic City was once the powerhouse of the east coast raking in tourists, large sums of money, and monopolizing the gambling industry. Nick Paumgarten wrote “The Death and Life of Atlantic City”, which states “The casino closures in Atlantic City have contributed to the loss of nearly 10,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics” (102). Four out of the twelve casinos closed which contributed to 8,000 of those jobs. Three of the remaining casinos are currently facing bankruptcy which contributes to the other 2,000 people left jobless. The question Atlantic City is faced with a matter of needing more gambling or less?
